Softball

Softball All-Ivy -- 2013

May 16, 2013

PRINCETON, N.J. -- There was a youthful theme
when the Ivy League unveiled its annual softball awards on Thursday
as Yale sophomore catcher Sarah Onorato (North
Reading, Mass.) was named Player of the Year and Dartmouth
sophomore Kristen Rumley (Katy, Texas) was named
Pitcher of the Year.

Rumley's Big Green teammate, freshman shortstop/outfielder
Katie McEachern (San Diego), was also honored as
the League's Rookie of the Year.

Onorato has likely run away with the Ivy League batting crown,
hitting 49 points better than the next closest player and finishing
her season at .430. In League play, Onorato's average climbed to
.448, going 30-for-67 with nine doubles, one triple and six home
runs -- meaning more than half of her hits in League play went for
extra bases, helping her to an .881 slugging percentage in Ivy
action.

Onorato, Yale's first Player of the Year in softball since
Seema Hingorani in 1991, leads the League in hits
(64), runs scored (37), doubles (19), home runs (14), total bases
(127), slugging percentage (.852) and on-base percentage (.497).
She had 16 multiple-hit games, including nine games with three
hits. She had a 20-game hitting streak at one point, the
fourth-longest in Ivy League history, and a streak of 26
consecutive games safely reaching base.

Onorato's .430 batting average is the highest by a Bulldog since
Jennifer Fong hit .430 to lead the Ancient Eight
in 1993. Her .852 slugging percentage is also third-highest in
League history, while the 127 total bases is second-most all-time.
The 14 home runs is also tied for fifth-most in a season in school
history and a Yale single-season record. Her 19 doubles and 64 hits
are also new Yale single-season marks.

Rumley leads the League's pitchers in virtually every category.
She is Dartmouth's first Pitcher of the Year since
Christine Quattrocchi won the award in 2000. The
League's only 20-game winner so far this year, Rumley recorded a
22-9 mark in her League-high 37 appearances (tied for third-most in
League history). Her 22 wins are tied for fifth-most in a season in
League history. She had a 1.74 ERA in 197-1/3 innings of work, both
League bests. And when you factor in the amount of innings she
threw, it becomes even more impressive that she allowed just 29
walks on the season while striking out a League-high 185. Rumley
already holds Dartmouth's career strikeouts record with 336 in her
first two seasons.

During Ivy play, Rumley went 12-3 with a 1.65 ERA, hurling four
shutouts. In 93-1/3 innings of work inside the League, she walked
just nine batters while striking out 80 and held the opposition to
a .180 batting average. Rumley helped her own cause at the plate,
as well as serving as the team's designated player on a part-time
basis. She is fifth in the batting crown currently with a .362
average, scoring 27 runs and driving in 17. In League play, Rumley
hit .418.

McEachern hit .331 on the season with team-bests of 10 home runs
(a single-season school record) and 38 RBIs. She is fourth in the
League in homers and second in RBIs. She drew 17 walks and struck
out just nine times in 163 plate appearances. She also became the
first player in Ivy history to hit for the cycle when she did it
against Iowa State on March 22.

Borden, a first-team All-Ivy selection for the second straight
year, hurled the Quakers to their first Ivy title in 32 years and
will lead her squad into their first NCAA Division I Softball
Championship appearance and first national television appearance on
Friday when they face Texas A&M in a game to be aired by ESPN2.
Borden enters the NCAA Tournament 17-10 on the year with a 2.38
ERA. In her 28 starts thus far, she has recorded 21 complete games
and struck out 171 in 179-2/3 innings of work.

In the Ivy League Championship Series, in which Penn beat
Dartmouth in three games, Borden was 2-1 with a 2.17 ERA, striking
out 22 and walking just four.

Coloma, who earned her second-straight first-team selection, has
been Penn's top offensive threat this season, hitting .343 with 32
runs scored (third-best in the League) and 35 RBIs (fourth-best in
the League).

Olson is third in the League in hitting at .371. She had 16
multiple-hit games on the season and finished the year on a 16-game
hitting streak. For the season, Olson hit .476 with runners in
scoring position (20-for-42).

Lange, who earned her third straight first-team All-Ivy
selection, finished the year with a 32-game streak of reaching
base. She leads the League in RBIs with 43 and is second behind
Onorato in home runs with 13.

Between the first team, second team and honorable-mention
selections, Penn leads the way with nine All-Ivy selections,
including five on the first team. Dartmouth and Harvard each had
three first-team selections and five overall.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Sarah Onorato, Yale (So., C - North Reading, Mass.)

PITCHER OF THE YEAR
Kristen Rumley, Dartmouth (So., P - Katy, Texas)

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Katie McEachern, Dartmouth (Fr., SS/OF - San Diego)